What's studio chaos actually costing you?

Most studios are writing off between £200k and £1.2M a year to operational overhead. Find out your number in under five minutes.

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STUDIO COST RETURN INPUT

How much is studio chaos costing you?

Three numbers. Then we’ll show you the real figure.

Before we get into the details, tell us a little about your operation. These three inputs shape a second output; the revenue you're losing every day your products aren't live.

Shoot VolumeShoots per year
shoots
Include all shoot types — campaign, product, lifestyle, e-com.
Time-to-SiteAverage days from shoot to live on site
days
Count from shoot day to the product going live on your primary channel.
Team SizeStudio and creative ops headcount
people
Everyone involved in briefing, producing, and trafficking creative — not just photographers.
STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
Total£—/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+£-/year
Time-to-site+£-/year
Team size+£-/year
2. The 5 Category inputs
1

Status Chasing

The hours your team burns chasing approvals, checking in on jobs, and asking where things are — because the answer isn't visible anywhere.

Hours spent per person, per week

0h
28h
56h
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Number of people affected

people

Blended hourly rate

GBP flag GBP
per hour
STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
TotalLow risk
£96,000p/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+ £10k/year
Time-to-site+ £18k/year
Team size+ £07k/year
2. The 5 Category inputs
2

Data Reconciliation

Time lost cross-referencing briefs, shot lists, asset trackers, and delivery reports — because no single source holds the truth.

Hours spent per person, per week

0h
28h
56h
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Number of people affected

people

Blended hourly rate

GBP flag GBP
per hour
STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
TotalLow risk
£96,000p/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+ £10k/year
Time-to-site+ £18k/year
Team size+ £07k/year
2. The 5 Category inputs
3

Rework

Reshoots, re-edits, and reformats caused by briefs that changed, specs that were wrong, or approvals that came too late.

Hours spent per person, per week

0h
28h
56h
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Number of people affected

people

Blended hourly rate

GBP flag GBP
per hour
STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
TotalLow risk
£96,000p/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+ £10k/year
Time-to-site+ £18k/year
Team size+ £07k/year
2. The 5 Category inputs
4

Manual Admin on Creatives

The hidden overhead of moving, renaming, versioning, and routing assets by hand — work that adds no creative value and happens at every handoff.

Hours spent per person, per week

0h
28h
56h
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Number of people affected

people

Blended hourly rate

GBP flag GBP
per hour
STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
TotalLow risk
£96,000p/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+ £10k/year
Time-to-site+ £18k/year
Team size+ £07k/year
2. The 5 Category inputs
5

Visibility Overhead

The time stakeholders spend getting updates — and the time your team spends giving them — because there's no shared view of what's in progress, what's stuck, and what's done.

Hours spent per person, per week

0h
28h
56h
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Number of people affected

people

Blended hourly rate

GBP flag GBP
per hour
STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
TotalLow risk
£96,000p/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+ £10k/year
Time-to-site+ £18k/year
Team size+ £07k/year
3. RESULTS

Your Studio Tax

£00,000p/year

Annual cost of operational chaos, based on your inputs

Most studios land between £000,000 and £0,000,000 p/y
Low risk

You're ahead of most studios — but there's still £300k on the table.

The chaos is there; it's just quieter. A walkthrough with Rich will show you exactly where to recover it.

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with Rich, CEO at Lets Flo

See exactly where your Studio Tax is coming from — and how much of it is recoverable.

STUDIO TAX

Where your Studio Tax comes from

Studio chasing£-/year
Data reconciliation£-/year
Rework£-/year
Manual admin£-/year
Visibility overhead£-/year
TotalLow risk
£000,000p/year
REVENUE LOST
p/day your products aren't live
$000- p/year
Shoot volume+£/year
Time-to-site+£/year
Team size+£/year
This figure covers time lost to operational overhead only. It excludes revenue lost from late product launches, markdown losses from delayed go-lives, and the cost of burnout and turnover in overloaded teams. The real number is higher.